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#5938 – The Time to Travel?
I would like the Rov to kindly consult with Horav Miller and his important group of Rabanim if one can and should travel to Israel in our dangereos days to visit Israel his family?...
#5937 – The Time to Restart?
Dear Rov Shlit’a. When is the correct time for the Shaliach Tzibur (or Chazan) in a shul, repeating the amida, to start reading aloud the Amida after waiting for the Rabbi to end his prayer. Is it whe...
#5935 – A Kohen To Kohen
. Does a Kohen have to honour another Kohen?...
#5934 – Can the Kohen Keep the Cash?
I have more questions. Is a Kohen allowed to forgive others from paying him what they really owe him in money or honour?...
#5933 – Keep the Kovod of a Kohen!
Rov Shlit’a. Is it true that one should not ask a Kohen to do some task or work for him just as a free favor? How about if he is paid just a little?...
#5932 – Where is the Killer?
Hon. Rabbi. As the Rabbi mentioned the above question, I wanted to ask the Rov after the shiur, what do we do in our days with Israeli soldiers or security people that may have killed someone? Can the...
#5931 - A Non – Blessed Death!
Dear Rabbi, I’m a male medical attendant in a well known busy hospital and in some instances due to my heavy duties and other complications, I may have neglected a bit my work and that could have caus...
#5930 – The Timing of Pirkei Avot
I also wondered, why is this time period chosen for Pirkei Avot and not another time?...
#5929 – The Reason to Say Pirkei Avot
I always wondered why we say or learn Pirkei Avot then?...
#5928 – The Length of the Ethics of the Fathers
Dear Rabbenu, Orech Yamin. I davened (prayed) many years in a congregation where we learned Pirkei Avot from Pesach until Shavuot. We recently moved to another community and they keep learning a Shabb...
#5927 – One More First Last Meal?
Kvod Rabenu Shlit’a. One more question, I have seen people who on Issru Chag collect all old sefarim and Torah discarded papers, also from yeshiva and school attendants, and take them to the Geniza on...
#5926 – A First Last Meal?
Dear Rabbi Shlit’a. Is it an obligation to eat a Seuda meal on Issru Chag, the day after Yom Tov ended? (Sunday May 24 2026)...
#5925 - Torah for All?
Dear Rabbi can our Women Torah Learning Group that meets almost every day for different Shiurim. also learn the night of Shavuot? They would like to join their husbands and children for the early Shav...
#5924 – Prepare for Kabbalat Hatorah!
Dear Rov. In our new shul a number of people want to have the attendants who stay the whole night of Shavuot read and learn the Tikun prepared specifically for that night. What is the Tikun of Shavuot...
#5923 - Read Between the Lines? - Q. See question above. We must add this already printed question.
4273. In our shul we read Megilat Ruth as well as others Megilot from one written on a Klaf (parchment), that resembles a small Sefer Torah. The only one that knows how to read that type of Megila wil...
#5922 – Follow The Print? - Q. Kvod Rabbenu Shlit’a:
Someone donated recently a set of parchment scrolls, hand written Megilot that includes also Megilat Ruth. Usually we read it before Kriat Hatorah on Shavuoth from a chumash with all the reading dots ...
#5921 – Women Included? - Q. Dear Rabbi.
On this year (2026) that the second day of Shavuot is Shabbat, when should we daven Kabalat Shabbat?...
#5920 – Stay Awake? - Q. Kvod Rabenu Shlit”a.I have seen some people stay awake on the second night of Shavuot and also eat a milk meal followed by a meat meal. Is that an accepted tradition?
A. It is the common custom not to repeat on the second night what was done on the first. However, Sefer HaSichot 5704, p. 135 writes: “On the Second day of Shavuot, 5704 my revered father-in-law, the...
#5919 – Know How to Break your Bread!
If someone has the minhag (tradition) to eat a milk meal on the first night of Shavuot, and then after cleaning ones’ hands and mouth, go to another nearby table and eat some meat and drink wine, to c...
#5918 – A Happy Yom Tov to Women?
Dear Rabbi and our family friend. Are women included in the Mitzva of Simcha and Joy on Yom Tov? Do they also have to drink wine and eat meat as men do?...